Portrait of O. L. Reid of Louisville, Kentucky, wearing glasses on a chain and a hard collar. The photograph is discolored from age and damaged along the top edge. Handwritten on back of image: Superintendent of Public Instruction, Louisville,...

African Americans; Jefferson County Public Schools; School board members; School boards; School superintendents; School boards--African American membership; Busing (School integration); School integration; Public schools; Race relations

Oral history interview with Lyman T. Johnson, conducted on March 24, 1982 by Dwayne Cox. Mr. Johnson discusses his tenure on the Louisville/Jefferson County board of education in the late 1970s. He discusses the challenges of merging the city and...

Miss Belle Ford, a white woman in her fifties wearing glasses, sits behind a desk at the Masonic Widows & Orphans Home. The invoice indicates she was the superintendent of the school. The institution was relocated here on Frankfort Avenue from its...

Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1919 - Composite photograph of Louisville City Hospital school of nursing class of 1919. Four rows of individual oval-shaped portraits of students in nursing uniforms and caps with one rectangular portrait...

Louisville City Hospital 1920 - Composite photograph of Louisville City Hospital school of nursing class of 1920. Cluster of individual oval-shaped portraits of students in nursing uniforms and caps with one larger portrait of the superintendent....

Louisville City Hospital school ofnursing 1922 - Composite photograph of Louisville City Hospital school of nursing class of 1922. Cluster of individual oval-shapoed portraits of students in nursing uniforms and caps with one larger portrait of the...

Louisville City Hospital school of nursing 1941 - Student nurses, class of 1941, at the Louisville City Hospital school of nursing, which later became Louisville General Hospital. Three rows of female students on the grass in front of a brick...

Portrait of Miss Alice Gaggs sitting with her hands folded on her lap. She wears glasses and a necklace. The Louisville city directory from 1928 indicates that she was the superintendent of Norton Infirmary.

Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Educational facilities

Originally named for Peter Caldwell, Louisville Industrial School superintendent for 45 years. Location: Belknap Campus: Central/South campus. Current uses: A&S Political Science; McConnell Center for Political Leadership. Named in honor of Arthur...

A plaque to the left of the doorway says, "The Grand Lodge of Kentucky created the Million Dollar Committee in 1919 composed of G. Allison Holland, chairman; A.R. Kimmerling, secretary, W.C. Black, treasurer; H.M. Grundy; Willward Duffield; George...

Baxter Hall, named for the President of the Louisville House of Refuge, John G. Baxter. Completed in 1861, it was first used as a Union Hospital. After the Civil War, it served as the Superintendent's home on the grounds of Louisville House of...

Building located at the corner of 4th and Chestnut Streets in Louisville, Ky. The four story brick building houses several businesses. On the first floor corner is the A. Schultz Cigars shop, to the right is the Newman Drug Company, next to that is...

A group photograph of Colonel Walsh's Athletes, an amateur baseball team organized by Col. Maurice W. Walsh, once the superintendent of Louisville Gas & Electric Company and whom is credited for bringing natural gas to homes in Louisville, Ky. The...

Portrait of Henley V. Bastin of Anchorage, Kentucky wearing a jacket with a handkerchief in the pocket. Handwritten on back of image: (superintendent of) Louisville & Jefferson County, Children's Home. Stamped on back: credit, John T. Berry...

Portraits; Men; School superintendents; People associated with education & communication

Portrait of Henley V. Bastin, superintendent of Louisville & Jefferson County Children's Home of Anchorage, Kentucky, sitting at his desk, talking on the phone. The photograph has been cut to an irregular shape and marred with discolorations.